From Toxic Dump to Future Park: A Landmark Victory for Chicago’s Southeast Side
“Chicago’s lakefront is for people and parks, not toxic waste dumps.”
11/13/25
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Amid record gas prices, we need more trains, not fewer
4/9/26
Wetlands are an essential ecosystem for communities and wildlife across Illinois. Protecting them is more important than ever.
4/2/26
Simple ways to support ELPC and protect the environment for future generations
4/2/26
ELPC submitted testimony to Congress in support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, an effective, bipartisan program that protects where we live, work, and play
3/30/26
New Executive Order on Housing Guts Water Protections and Makes Housing More Vulnerable, Not More Affordable
3/23/26
ELPC is representing conservation groups opposing the proposed sale to a Maryland-based private equity firm and protect Michigan’s rivers, communities, and ratepayers.
3/19/26
After all of the rhetoric from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services about healthier foods and food systems, here’s what the Trump administration has recently done on herbicides, pesticides and chemicals.
3/18/26
This first-of-its-kind assessment of the health of nature in the United States was cancelled by the Trump White House. The researchers then went ahead and compiled it on their own.
3/17/26
ELPC Policy Advocate Matt Ohloff highlights the local opportunities to divest from MidAmerican's coal plants in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
3/12/26
Peoples Gas should only do pipe replacement as the last resort, ensuring that lower cost, lower risk alternatives have been reasonably ruled out.
3/3/26
Demand response programs incentivize customers—from homeowners to large industrial users—to temporarily reduce or shift electricity use during periods of high demand.
2/25/26
EPA’s latest proposal would undercut partnership with states and tribes that have protected the nation’s waters for 53 years.
2/18/26
Here’s what the Environmental Law & Policy Center is saying and doing as we prepare to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump EPA's illegal and misguided repeal of the sound science-based federal greenhouse gases Endangerment Finding, and repeal of clean car and clean truck standards.
2/18/26
Coalition letter calls on Chicagoland leaders to appoint innovative and experienced leaders to the new NITA board
2/5/26
Watch this video about a tremendous victory by ELPC and partners to stop a toxic waste dump and turn it into a lakefront park on Chicago's Southeast side.
2/3/26
The Trump EPA has been dismantling long-standing environmental protections at breakneck speed, rejecting clear science and putting lives at risk
2/2/26
Across rural America, farmers, businesses, and landowners are turning to solar as a dependable, low-risk power source.
1/28/26
This Upper Peninsula of Michigan project would extend for 40 Miles from the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness to U.S. 2 near Iron River
1/23/26
The Trump administration is now proposing to curb states’ rights to address pollution under the Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
1/15/26
The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board calls on lawmakers in Springfield to protect Illinois wetlands
1/15/26
The Trump Administration is rolling back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a move that would undo years of progress on fuel savings, cleaner air, and climate protection.
1/8/26
ELPC's Nancy Stoner testified against EPA’s proposal to allow polluting coal-fired power plants to continue to operate and to delay closure of some of the largest coal ash ponds in the nation.
1/7/26